ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,667, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ZHOUSHAN INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND DRUG CONTROL (Zhoushan, China).

"Quantitative detection method for six antibiotic drug resistant genes in aquatic product" was invented by Pingya Wang (Zhoushan, China), Qiaoling Zhao (Zhoushan, China), Jiajia Wu (Zhoushan, China), Zhuliang Huang (Zhoushan, China), Haifeng Tang (Zhoushan, China) and Zhiyuan Dai (Zhoushan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the technical field of biology, and provides a quantitative detection method for six antibiotic drug resistant genes in an aquatic product. The method comprises: taking the to...